Minnesota Hospital Association

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MHA 2023 Workforce Innovation Awards

MHA is recognizing the outstanding work hospitals and health systems are doing to invest in their staff. These awards will celebrate achievements in workforce development, despite a difficult and changing landscape due to a variety of economic trends and ongoing effects of the pandemic. Winners will be announced at an upcoming MHA event in spring 2023. 

Timeline

The nomination period will be open until Friday, March 3, 2023. A review committee comprised of MHA staff will review submissions and notify organizations about their award status in April.  

How to nominate

Nominations are due by 11:59 pm on Friday, March 3. Please submit your nomination using this webform. For more information, download our nomination packet.

Award areas

MHA will present awards in three areas: Teams/Initiatives, Leadership, and the Health Care Workforce Champion. You may nominate as many teams/initiatives or individuals as you’d like as long as you submit a separate nomination form for each. Read more about all award types in the nomination packet

Teams/Initiatives: There are four award categories for the Teams/Initiatives area. These categories follow MHA’s workforce road map, a tool that helps Minnesota hospitals and health systems assess, develop, and improve their workforce strategies.

  • Category 1: Organizational culture, infrastructure, and commitment
  • Category 2: Pipelines and partnerships
  • Category 3: Hiring and recruiting
  • Category 4: Retention and resiliency 

Leadership Awards: There are also four award categories for the Leadership area. Leadership awards will recognize individual leaders who excel in one of the following areas

  • Category 1: Organizational culture, infrastructure, and commitment
  • Category 2: Pipelines and partnerships
  • Category 3: Hiring and recruiting
  • Category 4: Retention and resiliency   

Health Care Workforce Champion: MHA will also recognize one individual as the 2023 Health Care Workforce Champion. Selection criteria includes the individual’s impact, innovative ideas and practices they have championed, and other information that describes the individual’s extraordinary commitment to workforce development.

Selection criteria

MHA greatly appreciates hearing from members about innovative ideas to address workforce challenges. Our nomination review committee will make award selections based on to what extent the nominator answers each question and the overall quality, effectiveness, and impact of the program. If you have questions about with which category your program most closely aligns, please reach out to our team.  

Please direct questions to Blake Chaffee, Senior Director, Data Analytics